The Maner of the Tryumphe of Caleys and Bulleyn and The Noble Tryumphant Coronacyon of Quene Anne, Wyfe unto the Most Noble Kynge Henry VIII
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The Maner of the Tryumphe of Caleys and Bulleyn and The Noble Tryumphant Coronacyon of Quene Anne, Wyfe unto the Most Noble Kynge Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536; Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547
I[4] will certyfye you of our newes in the partyes of Caleys. Fyrst the
xj. day of October whiche was Fryday in the mornyng at. v. of the clocke
the kynges grace toke his Shyppe called the Swallowe and so came to
Caleys by. x. of the clocke. And there he was receyved with processyon
and with the mayre and the lorde delite and all the speres[5] and the
sowdyours in araye with a greate peale of gonnes and laye in Caleys tyll
the Sondaye seuenyght after. And on the. xvj. day of October my lorde of
Norffolke accompanyed with my lord of Darby and a great nombre of
gentilmen besydes mette with the great mayster of Fraunce vj. myles fro
Calays at y{e} englysshe pale the sayd great mayster hauynge two greate
lordes in his company of theyr ordre and a hondred gentylmen attendynge
vpon them. And there my lorde of Norffolke and the greate mayster deuysed
the place where the two kynges sholde mete whiche was at Sandyngfelde. And
that done they wente bothe to Caleys with theyr companyes. And the sayd
greate mayster with dyuerse other straungers dyned that daye with y{e}
Kynge. And after dyner my lorde of Norffolke brought them forth on theyr
way a myle or two and so departed for that tyme. And on the mondaye the.
xxj. daye of October the Kyng of Englande toke his waye to mete with the
frensshe kyng at the place before appoynted with vij. score all in veluet
cotes afore hym lordes and Knyghtes and xl. of his garde and other to the
nombre (as we thynke) of. vj. hondred horses and as well horsed as euer
was seen. And y{e} Kyng our mayster mette with the frensshe Kyng at
Sandyngfelde within the englysshe pale thre myles. There the frensshe
kynge taryed for our mayster the space of an houre or two the frensshe
kynge beynge accompanyed with the kynge of Nauerne the cardinal of Loreyn
the duke of Vandome and[6] with dyuerse other noblemen well and rychely
appoynted beynge of lyke nombre as our kyng was of that is to saye vj.
hondred psones.[7] There was the louyngest metyng that euer was seen for
the one embraced y{e} other v. or vj. tymes on horsbacke and so dyd the
lordes on eyther party eche to other and so dyd ryde hande in hande with
greate loue the space of a myle[8] and than they dyd lyght of theyr horses
and dranke eche to other the frensshe kyng dranke fyrst to our kyng and
whan they had dronke they embraced eche other agayne with great loue and
so rode towards Bulleyn our kynge on the ryght hande. And whan they came
within a myle of Bulleyn there mette with the kynges the Dolphyn beynge
accompanyed with his two bretherne the duke of Orliaunce and the count or
erle of Angolame very goodly chyldren and attendyng vpon them four
cardynalles with a M. horses very well beseen. And whan they came nere to
y{e} towne the frensshe kynge caused our mayster to tary whyles y{e}
gonshot was shotte whiche was herd fro Bulleyn. xx. englysshe myles of.
And so entered the towne where stode the captayn with the sowdyours in
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